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Red Dead Redemption 2 crafting recipes can be used once you have found recipe pamphlets. Using new recipes learned, you can craft items after mixing the required ingredients.

Crafting is an integral part of the Red Dead Redemption 2 as you will come across various scenarios where you have to craft items. However, you are required to collect recipe pamphlets scattered throughout the game in order to craft.

That is where our Red Dead Redemption 2 crafting recipes guide comes in to help you with all of the recipe locations, crafting methods and required ingredients.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Crafting

There are two RDR2 crafting methods namely crafting tools and campfires. However, both methods are required for different type of items. Furthermore, crafting requires recipe pamphlets which can be found in the recipe pamphlet locations column in our table.

In our RDR2 Crafting Recipes guide, we will discuss all of the aspects of Crafting in the game including the tools, ingredients, pamphlet locations and more.

Campfires
RDR2 crafting campfires can be set anywhere in the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 with the exception of towns. Campfires allow players to craft tonics, horse care items, and food.

Crafting Recipes For Crafting Tools

Each item requires certain ingredients to be crafted which are Animal Parts, Fish Meat, Ammunition, and Provisions. These can be acquired by hunting, fishing and scavaging.

However, crafting tools recipes are different from that of Campfires, which is obvious since both method craft different items. Below is the table for all of RDR2 crafting recipes for this method along with their Pamphlets Locations and the ingredients required to craft.

Located in a chest at the base of a small wooden bridge to the south end of the Wapiti Indian Reservation.

Can be purchased from Fences after you have completed “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town”

Arrow x1, Dynamite x1, Flight Feather x1

Fire Arrow

Fire Arrow Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Arrow x1, Animal Fat x1, Flight Feather x1

Improved Arrow

Improved Arrow Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Arrow x1, Flight Feather x1

Poison Arrow

Poison Arrow Pamphlet

Found in a chest located outside the Mysterious Hill Home to the NE of Bacchus Station.

Also sold by Fences after Chapter 2

Arrow x1, Oleander Sage x1 ,Flight Feather x1

Small Game Arrow

Small Game Arrow Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Arrow x1, Regular Shotgun Shells x1, Flight Feather x1

Volatile Dynamite

Volatile Dynamite Pamphlet

Located at Hani’s Brothel in a chest under a broken wagon N of the Pond.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “American Distillation”.

Dynamite x1, Animal Fat x1, Any High-Velocity Cartridge x1

Fire Bottle

Fire Bottle Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Gin, Guarma Rum, Kentucky Bourbon or Fine Brandy x1, Animal x1

Volatile Fire Bottle

Volatile Fire Bottle Pamphlet

Located inside a chest in the abandoned campsite in the burned forest NW of Horseshoe Overlook.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Moonshine x1, Animal Fat x1

Homing Tomahawk

Homing Tomahawk Pamphlet

Located inside a chest in the Flattened Cabin South of the Moonstone Pond.

Also sold by Fences after Chapter 2.

Tomahawk x1, Owl Feather x1

Improved Throwing Knife

Improved Throwing Knife Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Throwing Knife x1, Eagle Feather or Hawk Feather x2

Improved Tomahawk

Improved Tomahawk Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Tomahawk x1, Eagle Feather or Hawk Feather x1

Poison Throwing Knife

Poison Throwing Knife Pamphlet

Located under the floorboard of a shack to the NE of Saint-Denis.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Throwing Knife x1, Oleander Sage x1

Split Point Cartridge

Split Point Cartridge Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Hunting Knife, Any Regular Cartridge except for shotgun x1

Explosive Cartridge

Express Explosive Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Any Express Cartridge except for shotgun x1, Animal Fat x1

Incendiary Buckshot

Incendiary Buckshot Pamphlet

Located under the floorboard of dilapidated Cabin at Copperhead Landing.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Regular Shotgun Shell x1, Moonshine x1

Explosive Slug

Explosive Slug Pamphlet

Located inside the chest outside the burned down house of an alchemist near the Train tracks between Gaptooth Ridge and Cholla Springs.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town”

Slug Shotgun Shells x1, Animal Fat x1

Crafting Recipes For Campfires

By this point, you would have realized that both Campfires and Crafting tools craft different type of items in RDR2. At campfires, players can craft medicine, potions, horse medicine and more.

Since these items are different from the ones crafted by Crafting Tools, the ingredients required to craft them are also different. Following are the RDR2 crafting recipes for campfire crafting method with items, their recipe pamphlet locations, and required ingredients.

Item

Recipe

Pamphlet Location

Ingredients

Potent Horse Medicine

X

X

Ginseng x1, Common Bulrush x1

Special Horse Medicine

Special Horse Medicine Pamphlet

Located inside the chest to the SE corner of Fort Brennand.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Ginseng x2, Common Bulrush x2, Wild Carrot x2

Special Horse Reviver

Special Horse Reviver Pamphlet

Located inside a tree stump East of Mattock Pond.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “American Distillation”

Ginseng x2, Wild Carrot x2, Parasol Mushroom x2

Potent Horse Stimulant

X

X

Sage x1, Common Bulrush x1

Special Horse Stimulant

Special Horse Stimulant Pamphlet

Found in the chest under the desk in the South most building of the burned down settlement to the SE of the Horseshoe Overlook.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Sage x2, Common Bulrush x2, Wild Carrot x2

Horse ointment

Horse Ointment Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Sage x1, Common Bulrush x1, yarrow x1

Horse Meal

Horse Meal Pamphlet

This recipe is a reward for completing Kieran’s item request.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “Pouring Forth Oil”

Currant x3, Beets x3, Hay x3

Potent Health Cure

X

X

Ginseng x1, Yarrow x1

Special Health Care

Special Health Care Pamphlet

Located inside a chest at the Face in the Cliff’s scaffolding North of Moonstone Pond.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “American distillation”

Ginseng x2, Yarrow x2, English Mace of Milkweed x2

Potent Bitters

X

X

Sage x1, Burdock Root x1

Special Bitters

Special Bitters Pamphlet

Located inside the crates scattered on the ground to the South of Owanjila Dam.

Also sold by Fences after Chapter 2.

Sage x2, Burdock Root x2, Violet Snowdrop or Wild Feverfew x2

Potent Snake Oil

X

X

Indian Tobacco x1

Special Snake Oil

Special Snake Oil Pamphlet

Hidden under the floorboard in the small shack nest to the train tracks to the East of Eris Field.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “American distillation”

Indian Tobacco x2, Currant or Prairie Poppy x2

Potent Miracle Tonic

X

X

Indian Tobacco x4, Ginseng x4, Sage x4

Special Miracle Tonic

Special Tonic Pamphlet

Located inside the chest by the bloodstained tent on the Rocky Plateau to the NE of Mount Shann.

Also sold by Fences after you complete “A Short Walk in a Pretty Town”

Currant x6, Yarrow x6, Burdock Root x4

Cover Scent Lotion

Cover Scent Pamphlet

Will be given at the beginning of Chapter 2

Scent Gland x1

That is all for our Red Dead Redemption 2 Crafting Recipes guide with tips on how to craft, recipe locations, and their ingredients.